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Originally Posted by solstice
Interresting. You would think that for a GT3 buyer the reduction of overall weight and specifically the reduction in both undamped weight and rotational mass would make the additonal cost worth it on a track car in this price range. If not, then it's just the bling factor since they do look the biz. I studied them closely on an M6 GC and there wasn't much more than a paper that could fit between the 20" rims and the rotors. They look huge, mean and powerful but the standard disks also look great when not directly compared to the CCBs. At $9k and excluded from the maintenance program it's IMO nuts for road use.
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The problem is that the rotors wear pretty fast for track use and are something like $6K minimum to replace. For real track rats it could be as much as $15-20K per year just in rotors! Compared to $5-600 for steel rotors which would be a cost under $2K annually for the same amount of tracking.